Some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies.

Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or unwilling to enforce their policies about who can buy ads on their platforms.

While parent company Meta’s Ad Library, which archives ads on its platforms, who paid for them, and where and when they were posted, shows that the company has taken down several of these ads previously, many ads that explicitly invited users to create nudes and some ad buyers were up until I reached out to Meta for comment. Some of these ads were for the best known nonconsensual “undress” or “nudify” services on the internet.

  • CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I get that it’s creepy but that’s a dark path you want to walk down. Think about how that would have to be enforced.

    • misc@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      22·
      2 months ago

      I would say like how cp is enforced as some of these ai fakes might even involve kids .

      • CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        31·
        2 months ago

        That’s a great example though, because truthfully digital cp is incredibly difficult to enforce, and some of the laws that have been proposed to make it easier have been incredibly controversial due to how violating they are to people’s privacy.